BEIJING, April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont (NYSE: DD)
partnerships with China's public and private sectors will help increase
farm productivity in the country and increase total global supply of key
agricultural products, William S. Niebur, vice president -- DuPont Crop
Genetics Research and Development, told attendees at the "Globalization of
the Seed Industry" Biotechnology and Agriculture Summit here today. The
summit was organized by the Science and Technology Commission of the
Beijing Municipal Government.

"We need to increase the productivity of each acre of land for China to
achieve food security -- and biotechnology will be a key technology in
doing so," Niebur said. "China has experienced productivity gains in rice
and corn production through hybridization, but growth has reached a
plateau. New technologies are needed to achieve the step-change increase in
corn and rice production that is required to meet China's growing demand
for grain."

China currently is feeding 20 percent of the global population with
only 9 percent of the world's arable land. The country's rapidly growing
population and rising income have increased demand for agricultural
products.

As part of DuPont's growth in China, DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred is
committing resources to help improve the productivity of Chinese farmers.
It established a business representative office in Beijing in 1997. A year
later, Pioneer began breeding and testing corn hybrids for China's summer
and spring corn areas. Pioneer established a summer corn joint venture in
China -- Shandong Denghai Pioneer Seeds Co., Ltd. -- in 2002. In 2006,
Pioneer announced its second joint venture with one of China's largest seed
production companies, Dunhuang Seed Co. Ltd.

Pioneer has developed and been promoting the concept of single cross
hybrid corn planting among Chinese farmers and invested over US $300,000
(RMB2 million) directly to subsidize farmers in the last season of 2007 for
purchase of over 2,000 advanced single kernel vacuum planters. Pioneer also
established a partnership with the China National Hybrid Rice Research and
Development Center in 2007 to advance hybrid rice in Asia to improve
nutrition and living standard through enhancing agricultural productivity
for rice farmers. Today, Pioneer has 19 corn hybrids commercially available
in China and is working to introduce new biotech traits for corn, soybeans
and rice -- crops of particular importance to the region.

Pioneer has a rich research technology pipeline that includes superior
herbicide and drought tolerance, insect protection and nitrogen use
efficiency traits, as well as innovative healthy oils and biofuels
technologies.

"Pioneer is poised to assist China -- and the world -- in meeting
growing demand for food, feed, fiber and fuel in a responsible and
sustainable manner," Niebur said.

Niebur also delivered the DuPont biotechnology leadership message to
the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) at an April 24 seminar
in Beijing. CAAS is China's national agricultural research organization,
directly affiliated with its Ministry of Agriculture.

Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, is the world's leading source of
customized solutions for farmers, livestock producers and grain and oilseed
processors. With headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa, Pioneer provides access
to advanced plant genetics in nearly 70 countries and regions.

DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in
1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions
essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere.
Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of
innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and
food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

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